You don't always need to buy expensive products at the department store to keep yourself looking young and beautiful - sometimes the best natural products can be found right in your own fridge!
Models have to spend a lot of time and money on their appearance, and the bills can quickly add up, so these home beauty tips are a vital tool.
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Click on Skin, Hair, Nails or Teeth to find home remedies and treatments for every part of your body.
Many models and celebrities abandon the most expensive professional products altogether and instead rely on home beauty tips passed on from colleagues and make-up artists. Here are some great ideas.
Acne Remedies
Garlic is known for its anti bacterial properties and makes an excellent acne
treatment. Press some garlic into a paste and leave it on your acne and pimples
for 15 minutes then rinse off. Another solution is mashed-up honey and apple,
applied individually to pimples. Also, try dabbing some tea tree oil on the
pimple to dry it out and kill any bacteria.
There are some excellent natural facemask treatments for acne. Try applying a layer of ripe tomato pulp, cooked oatmeal or egg yolk to your face and letting it dry.
Finally, fruits are natural acid exfoliants and can help to get rid of your acne scars. Applying a puree of pineapple for 15 minutes will both freshen you up and reduce the impact of acne marks. Another great solution is lemon juice, but be careful as it can make your skin more sensitive to sunlight.
Dry Skin Remedies
- Dry skin on feet and hands
Apply Vaseline, baby oil or olive oil to the affected area before bedtime, then wear socks or gloves all night.
- Dry face
1. Almond oil makes a great primer before foundation because it's quickly absorbed. I use it as a night moisturizer.
2. Make a mash of banana and leave on your face for 20 minutes.
3. Mayonnaise is not only a great hydration treatment for your hair, it works wonders as a face mask too.
Facemask Tips
A good facemask will firm and tone your skin, minimizing pores and exfoliating
off dead skin so the fresh skin beneath is revealed. Here's a natural and
effective facemask recipe:
1 mashed avocado
1 cooked and mashed carrot
1/2 cup cream
1 beaten egg
3 tablespoons of honey
Exfoliating Tips
Ground coffee is just as good an exfoliant as many expensive products. All you need is
a quarter cup of ground coffee mixed with a tablespoon of salt.
To make the coffee even more effective, brew a cup first, then use the brewed coffee! Remember to use it within 20 minutes though, because oxidisation after that point will make the coffee less effective.
Undernourished Skin
The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra was renowned as the most beautiful woman in the
world. One of her favorite tips was to soak in a beer bath. Beer is very good
for the skin because of the vitamins and yeast it contains. In Central Europe
there are now many spas offering just this treatment.
Dull Hair
Four solutions to make your hair shiny, just like after leaving the hairdresser!
1. Heat half a cup of olive oil, leave it on your hair for 15 minutes, then
rinse.
2. Mix baking soda in with your shampoo.
3. Shampoo, then rinse your hair with beer. It really works!
4. Brew some coffee and let it cool, then apply to dry hair and leave for 20
mins. Rinse with warm water.
Oily Hair
Two ideas for making your hair less oily.
1. Boil and mash up some carrots, leave on your hair for 15 minutes.
2. Here's an old favorite - dishwasher detergent.
Dry Hair
Massaging your hair with mayonnaise, olive oil or almond oil will add moisture
back. Leave it on for 10 minutes then wash it as usual.
America's Sweetheart, Julia Roberts, is famous for her perfect smile, but her favorite beauty tip concerns her nails. She soaks them in olive oil for a few minutes every week.
Olive oil moisturizes your nails without weakening them, and softens your cuticles too. It also prevents "hang nails" that are caused by dry skin. Another good idea is to use milk, which has much the same effect as olive oil.
Massaging your fingertips with vitamin E before bed will strengthen them.
Catherine Zeta Jones brushes her teeth with mashed strawberries every day. They contain Malic Acid, which acts as a mild astringent when mixed with baking soda.
If you have some Hydrogen Peroxide around the house, add 3 drops of it to some baking soda and brush with it like you would with toothpaste. This is similar to some of the whitening formulas you can buy in the pharmacy.
For a more natural solution, try making a paste of one of the following recipes:
1. Lemon juice and salt.
2. Apple cider vinegar and baking soda.
3. Orange peel and bay leaves.
Keep in mind that overusing any home remedy, especially salt and lemon juice, can strip away your tooth enamel, so be sure to only use it as a short term solution.
